Watch-case



(ModeL) D. A. A. BUCK.

Watch Cases.

No. 234,234. Patented Nov. 9,1880.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

D. AZRO A. BUCK, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

WATCH-GAS E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 234,234, dated November9, 1880.

Application filed April 5, 1880.

To all whom at may concern:

Be it known that I, D. AZRO A. BUCK, of Waterbury, in the county of NewHaven, and in the State of Connecticut, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Watch- Cases; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompa nying drawings, making a part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my bezel,ring, and glass ascombined for use. Fig. 2 is a like view of said partsseparated from each other, and Fig. 3 is a section upon line 00 m ofFig. 1.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of thefigures.

The design of my invention is to add to the ornamental features ofawatch by enabling two kinds or colors of metal to be employed in andaround the bezel, andalso to permit of the contraction of the size ofthe opening through which the dial is seen; and to this end it consistsin combining with the bezel of a watchcase a ring fitted into the groovebeneath the edge ofthe glass, substantially as is hereinafter specified.

In the annexed drawings, A represents a watch-case bezel of usual formcxteriorly, and provided within its inner edge with a groove, to, forthe reception ofa glass, B. The groove to has the usual undercut form,but is somewhat deeper than is necessary for the reception of the glassB, and receives a thin metal (MolleL) ring, C, that is contained withinthe bottom of said groove, and is held in place by said glass, which isfitted over and bears upon the same.

The ring C (shown in the drawings) has a down ward and inw ardinclination ,which causes its inner edge to nearly touch the dial of awatch, and has such width as is necessary in order to secure the desiredsize of opening, through which said dial may be observed but any desiredform may be given to said ring, and it may be used to fill the spacevertically between the bezel A and dial without diminishing the size ofsaid opening.

The ring 0 may be constructed from the same metal as the bezel A, or itmay be made from metal having another color, in which event, by means ofthe contrast between the colors of said parts and the dial, fine effectsmay be produced.

Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits of my invention, whatI claim as new 1s- In combination with the bezel of a watchcase, aringfitted into the groove beneath the edge of the glass, substantially asspecified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this27th day of March, 1880.

D. AZRO A. BUCK.

Witnesses:

J AS. E. HU'ICHINSON, HENRY O. HAZARD.

